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Harvard, overall, has one of the most productive faculties in the nation, with nine of its departments beating out departments at other universities, according to results from the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index released to the Chronicle of Higher Education this week. However, some high profile departments at Harvard did not even crack the list of the top 10 departments of their kind...
...shortly thereafter promising to cut ties with oil giant Sinopec as well, Harvard’s stake in the two companies has actually increased from $10.1 million to $15.7 million. The current holdings come as a result of Harvard’s investments in two index funds managed by the British investment bank Barclay’s. If Harvard wishes to live up to its promise of divestment, it should sever even indirect ties to corrupt firms like Sinopec and PetroChina and remain vigilant to avoid future investments in these companies...
Because Harvard owns the PetroChina and Sinopec shares through index funds, the University can only divest from the companies by selling off its entire stake in each of the two iShares entities...
Another member of the Petrodar partnership is the Malaysian oil firm Petronas. Harvard indirectly owns an estimated $400,000 stake in Petronas via another arrangement with Barclays, the MSCI Malaysia Index Fund...
HARVARD STILL HOLDS SUDAN STAKE: Through index fund, school owns estimated $6.6 million in PetroChina, Sinopec stock...